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Nadie_AZ		2013-04-03 04:01:23 PM

Brilliant PR move.

CaptSacto		2013-04-03 04:02:28 PM

Those asshats are going to vote themselves a raise, I'll bet

Lionel Mandrake		2013-04-03 04:04:13 PM

Is he going to start leading White House tours????

...seems to be the only sequester fallout his republitard critics care about.

Dusk-You-n-Me		2013-04-03 04:08:08 PM

Today's study in party contrasts: RNC chair accuses Dems of supporting infanticide; POTUS gives up 5% of his salary.
- Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) April 3, 2013

GAT_00		2013-04-03 04:20:21 PM

Lionel Mandrake: Is he going to start leading White House tours????

...seems to be the only sequester fallout his republitard critics care about.

It pretty well punctured the GOP myth that sequester consequences wouldn't be visible though.

CaptSacto		2013-04-03 04:22:52 PM

GAT_00: Lionel Mandrake: Is he going to start leading White House tours????

...seems to be the only sequester fallout his republitard critics care about.

It pretty well punctured the GOP myth that sequester consequences wouldn't be visible though.

But of course now they'll squeal that Obama's pay cut should go to restore the tours.

Elandriel		2013-04-03 04:22:53 PM

I commend this action, but if he really wanted to show solidarity he would give up 20% of his income like the rest of them. They are giving up 20% for 14 weeks, which amounts to 5% of their yearly income.

Still, nice...and, done in one.

Pud		2013-04-03 04:24:35 PM

CaptSacto: Those asshats are going to vote themselves a raise, I'll bet

You may be closer to the truth than you may think.

Altair		2013-04-03 04:25:34 PM

Nadie_AZ: Brilliant PR move.

^ This - Once again, Obama shows he can beat Republicans at their own games.

Sock Ruh Tease		2013-04-03 04:27:26 PM

Obama is just doing this to get reelected!! I saw it during my daily 16-hour Fox News-watching marathon! Wake up sheeple!

Gecko Gingrich		2013-04-03 04:36:32 PM

Elandriel: I commend this action, but if he really wanted to show solidarity he would give up 20% of his income like the rest of them. They are giving up 20% for 14 weeks, which amounts to 5% of their yearly income.

Still, nice...and, done in one.

20% for 14 weeks is 5.4% of their yearly income.

Obama is giving back 20% a month for 10 months, or 4.2% of his yearly income.

Pants full of macaroni!!		2013-04-03 04:40:12 PM

Why doesn't he give up his ENTIRE salary??? How nubianrdly of him.

GameSprocket		2013-04-03 04:40:35 PM

How will he pay the rent?

Epoch_Zero		2013-04-03 04:40:47 PM

Coolest President Ever.
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Citrate1007		2013-04-03 04:40:51 PM

Dusk-You-n-Me: Today's study in party contrasts: RNC chair accuses Dems of supporting infanticide; POTUS gives up 5% of his salary.- Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) April 3, 2013

THIS

geek_mars		2013-04-03 04:42:11 PM

How very socialist of him.

/amidoinitrite?

Shrugging Atlas		2013-04-03 04:42:22 PM

Yes but is he still going to travel, costing the average American Taxpayer $209,218,567.99 per mile he travels with his entourage?!?!!!?

Epoch_Zero		2013-04-03 04:43:07 PM

Shrugging Atlas: Yes but is he still going to travel, costing the average American Taxpayer $209,218,567.99 per mile he travels with his entourage?!?!!!?

I've heard he has a hovercraft made entirely of unwed mothers.

efgeise		2013-04-03 04:43:33 PM

Love him or hate him, you can't say he isn't a shrewd politician.

Ned Stark		2013-04-03 04:44:24 PM

Millionaire gives up 5 cents on the dollar, truly knows your pain.

Fark you, buddy.

Philip Francis Queeg		2013-04-03 04:44:40 PM

To match Obama's gesture, the Republicans will propose a 5% tax cut for the Job Creators.

wildcardjack		2013-04-03 04:45:25 PM

Doesn't he have a small pile from royalties? I'm not going to bother looking up recent sales figures but you'd think he could earmark his entire "salary" towards running the house.

js34603		2013-04-03 04:45:32 PM

How do I just know that this will be a cause for outrage ong a certain segment if the population?

I mean, in order to predict with such certitude that this thread (and the media) will contain any number of people angry about this for reasons and such, those people would have to be so pathetically predictable in their behavior and attitudes when the President does anything,that they are nothing more than sad caricatures.

gilgigamesh		2013-04-03 04:45:36 PM

Pants full of macaroni!!: Why doesn't he give up his ENTIRE salary???

Right wing talk radio has to come up with something. It will probably something along these lines.

Wendy's Chili		2013-04-03 04:46:21 PM

We biatch and moan about lawmakers walking out of the Capitol and straight into a K-street lobbying firm upon leaving office, and at the same time call for their pay to be cut.

If we really want loyalty, paying for it would be a good place to start.

lilbjorn		2013-04-03 04:46:27 PM

CaptSacto: Those asshats are going to vote themselves a raise, I'll bet

The Republicans will stick to their guns.

HeartBurnKid		2013-04-03 04:46:35 PM

Epoch_Zero: Shrugging Atlas: Yes but is he still going to travel, costing the average American Taxpayer $209,218,567.99 per mile he travels with his entourage?!?!!!?

I've heard he has a hovercraft made entirely of unwed mothers.

Damnit, my hovercraft is only made of eels. Damn Obama, living the high life on my dime...

Ring of Fire		2013-04-03 04:46:35 PM

I promise you in the next 24 hours the right will have made up some reason why this is terrible. And within 48 hours every derper in the country will be repeating this for weeks.

James!		2013-04-03 04:46:54 PM

Ned Stark: Millionaire gives up 5 cents on the dollar, truly knows your pain.

Fark you, buddy.

I bet he eats crackers like an asshole too.

Felgraf		2013-04-03 04:46:59 PM

efgeise: Love him or hate him, you can't say he isn't a shrewd politician.

Actually, a lot of the people that hate him do try to say this.

/This is probably one of the reasons he keeps kicking their asses.

Cletus C.		2013-04-03 04:47:33 PM

This will show the depth of the suffering.

Mercutio74		2013-04-03 04:47:48 PM

wildcardjack: Doesn't he have a small pile from royalties? I'm not going to bother looking up recent sales figures but you'd think he could earmark his entire "salary" towards running the house.

Most presidents could go without their income. You'd have to go back a lot of administrations before you found someone in the oval office that wasn't rich.

Epoch_Zero		2013-04-03 04:51:39 PM

Cletus C.: This will show the depth of the suffering.

*Republicans cause suffering by way of sequester.*

*Obama does something symbolic to give a nod to those not getting paid due to sequester.*

"Damn that Obama! If he were a Republican..."

Elandriel		2013-04-03 04:51:51 PM

Gecko Gingrich: 20% for 14 weeks is 5.4% of their yearly income.

Obama is giving back 20% a month for 10 months, or 4.2% of his yearly income.

He's...giving up 5% for 10 months? Am I reading the article wrong, or does the part where it says "returning 5% a month" mean something different?

(No snark intended.)

gilgigamesh		2013-04-03 04:53:20 PM

Mercutio74: wildcardjack: Doesn't he have a small pile from royalties? I'm not going to bother looking up recent sales figures but you'd think he could earmark his entire "salary" towards running the house.

Most presidents could go without their income. You'd have to go back a lot of administrations before you found someone in the oval office that wasn't rich.

Actually I think Clinton came out of his presidency pretty deeply in the red, because of all his legal bills from the civil suit and the impeachment hearings and other assorted shenanigans that characterized his presidency.

Of course he was obviously able to make it all back many hundreds of times over with post-presidency appearances, speeches, books, etc. Anyway I think its safe to say that in the modern age a guy who serves as the most powerful man on earth for 8 years need not worry about hurting for money for the rest of his life.

Gecko Gingrich		2013-04-03 04:54:34 PM

Elandriel: Gecko Gingrich: 20% for 14 weeks is 5.4% of their yearly income.

Obama is giving back 20% a month for 10 months, or 4.2% of his yearly income.

He's...giving up 5% for 10 months? Am I reading the article wrong, or does the part where it says "returning 5% a month" mean something different?

(No snark intended.)

Sorry, slight typo. He is giving back 5% a month for 10 months. The rest of the math is correct though.

Rwa2play		2013-04-03 04:55:09 PM

Epoch_Zero: Cletus C.: This will show the depth of the suffering.

*Republicans cause suffering by way of sequester.*

*Obama does something symbolic to give a nod to those not getting paid due to sequester.*

"Damn that Obama! If he were a Republican..."

Pretty much that.

Ned Stark		2013-04-03 04:56:07 PM

FooDog		2013-04-03 04:56:20 PM

Elandriel: Gecko Gingrich: 20% for 14 weeks is 5.4% of their yearly income.

Obama is giving back 20% a month for 10 months, or 4.2% of his yearly income.

He's...giving up 5% for 10 months? Am I reading the article wrong, or does the part where it says "returning 5% a month" mean something different?

(No snark intended.)

Yep. 5% per month, but retroactive to march 1st which comes to to be ~4.2% annualized.

Cletus C.		2013-04-03 04:56:50 PM

JolobinSmokin		2013-04-03 04:57:10 PM

Great this just means more money for the lizard people.

Ring of Fire		2013-04-03 04:57:29 PM

Ring of Fire: I promise you in the next 24 hours the right will have made up some reason why this is terrible. And within 48 hours every derper in the country will be repeating this for weeks.

Posted before I finished.

My prediction is that they will say that this isn't really that much money for Obama. Probably throw in something like. "Well this just means he will have to use french's mustard like the rest of us for a few weeks, while real American are struggling he mocks us with this empty gesture. "

Rwa2play		2013-04-03 04:57:49 PM

Ned Stark: Epoch_Zero: Cletus C.: This will show the depth of the suffering.

*Republicans cause suffering by way of sequester.*

*Obama does something symbolic to give a nod to those not getting paid due to sequester.*

"Damn that Obama! If he were a Republican..."

The pro Republican comments are all in your head.

Ah yes, the "I need to make a comment that's filled with projection because I have no comment"...comment.

Please proceed.

Ned Stark		2013-04-03 04:59:05 PM

Rwa2play: Ned Stark: Epoch_Zero: Cletus C.: This will show the depth of the suffering.

*Republicans cause suffering by way of sequester.*

*Obama does something symbolic to give a nod to those not getting paid due to sequester.*

"Damn that Obama! If he were a Republican..."

The pro Republican comments are all in your head.

Ah yes, the "I need to make a comment that's filled with projection because I have no comment"...comment.

Please proceed.

....what?

meat0918		2013-04-03 04:59:47 PM

Republicans will just whine about why he doesn't use that money to fund White House tours while conveniently never mentioning WIC, SNAP(food stamps), and a whole host of other domestic programs (WIC and SNAP actually have a positive ROI too) are suffering.

Gecko Gingrich		2013-04-03 04:59:50 PM

Yo dawg, I heard you like comments...

Wyalt Derp		2013-04-03 04:59:55 PM

I can't wait to find out why this is bad.

MichiganFTL		2013-04-03 04:59:59 PM

News: Congress passes law to split Obama's 5% between themselves, condemn corruption.

Gotfire		2013-04-03 05:00:18 PM

Here it comes..

ZOMG NOT ENUFF balack 0Bummer!!!11! WHY NOT ALL IF iT!1

Epoch_Zero		2013-04-03 05:00:47 PM

Cletus C.: Epoch_Zero: Cletus C.: This will show the depth of the suffering.

*Republicans cause suffering by way of sequester.*

*Obama does something symbolic to give a nod to those not getting paid due to sequester.*

"Damn that Obama! If he were a Republican..."

Symbolic gestures are best gestures.

*wanking gesture*

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